I will reiterate. I am a Marvel reader of 35+ years standing, but I have never been a Spider-fan. I never read him as a kid, as a teen, as a young adult, or (now) as a middle-aged mom. I have nothing against the character (or any of his supporting cast), he (and they) just never did anything for me. (So, how little do I know about Spider-Man? Well, I guess they brought Harry Osborn back to life?--I don't think I even knew he was dead.)
For this reason, I've been reading a lot of the commentary on "One More Day" with some interest. Not because I'm planning to join the throng of fans who are cancelling their subscriptions or abandoning all Marvel products altogether; as a non-Spider-fan, there's no reason for me to do that.
Actually, I've probably seen more of Spidey and family in the last few years than I ever have in my life--ever since he joined the New Avengers. (I am an Avengers fan, and will try anything with "Avengers" in the name--I'm down to New and Mighty these days, but I do look into it all.) So, having Spider-Man and MJ and May living in Avengers Tower, that's the most exposure I've had to those characters. And they were all right--nothing to get me to run out and buy any of the Spider-titles, but I had no problem with them being in the book, and I kind of dug the interactions between May and Jarvis. In the old Avengers, married couples didn't live in the mansion unless both of them were members (Wasp/Yellowjacket, Vision/Scarlet Witch). If any other members were married (and I don't recall offhand if any were) they kept that part of their life away from the action. But in the New Avengers, Sentry's wife was there, and MJ and May. I've got to admit that I wondered at the wisdom of this, but it did make for an interesting group dynamic at times.
So--and keeping in mind that I have not read "One More Day" and probably won't be--my main concern with this thing is how it affects the books I do read. Do I open New Avengers and discover that no one remembers Peter bristling over Logan's appreciation of his red-headed wife? Or May helping Jarvis with his overload of work? Do they just remember the May parts? Do they even know Spider-Man's identity?--because I'm pretty sure he told them before he told the rest of the world. And what about Spider-Man's particular animosity toward Iron Man, who convinced him that it would be a good idea to reveal himself and endanger his family? Is he now only mad at him because of the same things everyone else is mad at him about? (Not that that wouldn't be enough, but without the betrayed relationship it's really not the same drama.)
Honestly, this stuff is going to have to be addressed in quite a few books, considering how popular a guest star Spidey is. That, I find annoying.
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I'm wondering this too. The change isn't just 'they aren't married' apparently everything has changed, and Harry's around and MJ and Peter know each other but yet dun like each other o_O (did their personalities change?) and.. on and on.. why is Peter still a loser at age 20 whatever his age is? :\
Gah! And continuity should be severely affected by this! MJ has been an integral part in Spidey's life and part of many plots :\
I don't understand how they can get rid of the marriage, bring back Harry, and apparently de-age Peter, and STILL have him in the Avengers. I also don't see how they can cherry-pick the chnages that they want as opposed to the changes they don't want.
Frankly, this makes DC's Infinite Crises look like a monument of acuity and reason.
Haw!
I just read the first issue of "Brand New Day" and one thing stated in it is that NO ONE knows his identity. Daredevil or the Avengers. Another thing that it remarks on is that (for spidey fans) is that The Other never took place. So pretty much the last 15 years of reading went out the window.
I thought Civil War was a bad idea but now I'm thinking that Marvel might be the bad idea.
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